Naveed Akram, the suspected gunman in Australia's Bondi Beach massacre, reportedly owned a membership in a Sydney shooting club. He has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder.
Mourners stand near tributes piled together at the front of the Bondi Pavilion. (AFP)
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The president of the hunting association said that the suspected attacker possessed a membership card, but added that he had not seen him for more than five years and clarified that the association does not issue permits to carry weapons, a Serbian newspaper reported.
Terror attack at Bondi Beach
The 24-year-old, along with his father Sajid Akram, are accused of shooting dead 15 people and injured at least 40 others in an attack at Bondi Beach on Sunday. Sajid was later killed during the attack.
All of those killed by the gunmen who have been identified so far were Jewish.
World leaders, including King Charles, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, condemned the attack and expressed solidarity with Australia. Netanyahu praised the bystander who disarmed one of the attackers.
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